Dopesick (2021): Cast
Dopesick is a 2021 crime drama directed by Barry Levinson and Michael Cuesta, starring Michael Keaton as Samuel Finnix, Rosario Dawson and Peter Sarsgaard. It runs 8 hours 12 minutes.
- Runtime
- 8h 12m (492 min)
- Directors
- Barry Levinson and Michael Cuesta
- Original language
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English - Studio
- The Littlefield Company
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Dopesick About?
The premise of Dopesick without spoilers.
A true‑crime portrait of America’s opioid crisis, tracing how a single pharmaceutical company’s deceptive practices sparked the nation’s deadliest drug epidemic. It moves from a struggling mining town in Virginia to the corridors of the DEA, and into the lavish world of “one‑percenter” Big Pharma in Manhattan, revealing the human toll and corporate greed behind the addiction wave.
Dopesick Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- lesbian
- coming out
- opioid withdrawal
- corporate crime
- based on true story
- tv mini series
- doctor
- medical
- sick
- himself
- united states of america
- crisis
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- school
- health
- hulu
- drug
- wealth
- high school
- medical drama
- docudrama drama
- opioid
- pain medication
- drug addiction
- opioid crisis
- reference to the opioid crisis
- opioid epidemic
- opioid addiction
- pharmaceutical company
- prescription drug addiction
- pharmaceutical marketing
- pharmaceutical representative
- pharmaceutical salesman
- pharmaceuticals
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- 2020s
- 20th century
- 21st century
- tragedy drama
- oxycontin
- reference to the sackler family
- breakthrough pain
- purdue pharma
- fda
- appalachian mountains
- coal miner
- recovery group
- false claims act
Dopesick Cast & Characters
Michael Keaton leads the cast as Samuel Finnix, with Rosario Dawson as Bridget Meyer and Peter Sarsgaard as Rick Mountcastle. Directed by Barry Levinson and Michael Cuesta; 9 actors are credited in all.
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Co-director Barry Levinson -
Co-director Michael Cuesta
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Michael Keaton as Samuel Finnix -
Rosario Dawson as Bridget Meyer -
Peter Sarsgaard as Rick Mountcastle -
Michael Stuhlbarg as Richard Sackler
Also Starring in Dopesick
· 5 more- Will Poulter Billy Cutler
- Kaitlyn Dever Betsy Mallum
- Cleopatra Coleman Grace Pell
- John Hoogenakker Randy Ramseyer
- Will Chase Michael Friedman
Dopesick Trailers & Videos
The teaser of Dopesick.
Dopesick Also Known As
15 alternative titles, including “成瘾剂量” and “DOPESICK: アメリカを蝕むオピオイド危機”.
- Also known as
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- 成瘾剂量
- DOPESICK: アメリカを蝕むオピオイド危機
- 毒疫
- Ломка
- Dopesick: Historia de una adicción
- Dopesick - Dichiarazione di dipendenza
- Lekomania
- Absťák
- 돕식: 약물의 늪
- Opioidų pandemija
- ยาเสพติด
- דופסיק
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- DOPESICK アメリカを蝕むオピオイド危機
- دوپسیک
- 毒癮
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Dopesick FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Director
Runtime, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Dopesick, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Dopesick?
Dopesick runs 8 hours 12 minutes (492 minutes).
Who directed Dopesick?
Dopesick was directed by Barry Levinson and Michael Cuesta.
More films by Barry Levinson Who is in the cast of Dopesick?
Dopesick stars Michael Keaton as Samuel Finnix, Rosario Dawson as Bridget Meyer and Peter Sarsgaard as Rick Mountcastle, among 9 credited actors.
Does Dopesick have a post-credit scene?
No. Dopesick has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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